How did Cristiano Ronaldo manage to settle in so quickly to Juventus after spending nine exceptional seasons at Real Madrid? The Portuguese player answered this question for Icon, a Spanish news source: ‘The first thing I do when I get to a new club is be myself, not anything else.'
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‘My work ethic is always the same. If a businessman arrives and starts criticising everyone, people are not going to see him as a leader. They will say: ‘He’s my boss, but he doesn’t treat me well.’ You must be humble and remember that you don’t know everything. If you’re smart, you catch the little things that improve you as an athlete,’ he added.
He finished by saying, ‘I adapted perfectly at Juve. They’ve seen that I’m not a fraud. ‘It’s Cristiano, he is what he is because he takes care of himself’. Talking is one thing, acting is another. Because I’ve won five Ballons d’Or and five Champions Leagues…’ We now know Cristiano Ronaldo’s unusual mental secrets! That, and the high recruitment requirements to strengthen his team…
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